January 10, 1921 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



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but is looking for quite a boom in building just as soon as building starts. 

 They do, not expect this, however, until next Spring. 



H. D. Blery Luudjer Compan.v which makes a specialty of mining and 

 industrial stocks, reports business very slow. There is little buying being 

 done by the mining companies which are running on a slack schedule for 

 this season. 



The plant of the Safety Sled Company at Mt. Jewett, Pennsylvania, was 

 burned Dec. 27, with loss of $35,000. There was .$14,000 insurance. More 

 than 4,000 finished sleds were burned. This concern was a large buyer of 

 hardwoods and the plant, which was owned by Frank Hornquist, will be 

 rebuilt soon. 



The Koppers Products Company, whose plant in Rankin, Pennsylvania, 

 was destroyed by tire some time ago. has about decided to rebuild its 

 plant in the borough. 



The Frampton-Foster Lumber Company reports that it had the best year 

 in its history in 1920. This was duo very largely to the fact that the 

 company was able to deliver promptly its surplus stocks of oak, che-stnut 

 and hardwoods from its Kentucky plant. 



The total of building done in Pittsburgh in 1920 was $1,225,000 more 

 than in 1919. Only one year — 1914, made a better record, the total for 

 that year being over $18,000,000. Also, the total of real estate sales in 

 Pittsburgh last year was much larger than in former years on account 

 of the big boom in home buying. 



The residence of W. H. Harding of the American Lumber and Manu- 

 facturing Company in Ben Avon wa.s nearly destroyed by fire a few days 

 ago the loss being placed at about $50,000. Mr. Harding and his family 

 are now living at the William Penn Hotel. 



BALTIMORE 



Turner W. Isaac, one of the regional directors of the American Whole- 

 sale Lumber Association for this district, has gone to Chicago to attend a 

 meeting of the board called by President J. H. Burton for Jan. 7. The 

 precise business to be disposed of was not stated in the notification, but 

 Mr. Isaac expected that matters of special interest to the trade would 

 come up. 



Charles P. Rook, who has been sales manager for the R. E. Wood Lumber 

 Company, Continental building, this city, for nearly two years, has severed 

 his connection with the company and during the holidays took a brief 

 rest with relatives at Williamsport, Pa., his former home. At the time 

 of leaving Baltimore Mr. Rook had not made any definite plans for the 

 future. J 



Benjamin L. Liuthicum. former lumberman and shipbuilder, died on the 

 morning of January 1 at his home at Church Creek. Md. He was a native 

 of the town, having been bom in 1S56 and entered the mercantile business 

 early in life. 



The ship ceiling firm of William F. Shinnick & Company has been 

 incorporated and will continue the business hitherto conducted at 931 

 Fell street. Mr. Shinnick was for a number of years actively associated 

 with the Chesapeake Ship Ceiling Company and during the war supervised 

 the work on vessels belonging to the British Admiralty in fitting them out 

 for the transportation of troops and horses. 



The report of the Building Inspector for 1920 shows that the estimated 

 cost of the new buildings, repairs and additions for which permits were 

 obtained during the year amounted to not less than .$30,000,000. which is 

 about $10,000,000 in excess of 1919. Mo>st of the new construction was 

 on account of industrial establishments, a number of which were at- 

 tracted to the city. 



Frank L. Winchester, manager of the lumber department of the 

 Champion Fibre Company, of Champion. N. C, who makes his headquar- 

 ters at Asheville, stopped in Baltimore during the holidays on the way to 

 visit his family at Cambridge Springs, Pa. Mr. Winchester, who, is well- 

 known here and has many friends, stated that the hardwood business had 

 been decidedly quiet, and he therefore felt the time was opportune for a 

 vacation. 



Charles Morse of Morse Bros., Rochester, N, Y., stopped in Baltimore, 

 between Christmas and New Year in the course of a business trip through 

 some of the Eastern territory. 



Another visiting lumberman was Ward F. Brown, head of the Brown- 

 Bleedsoe Company, Munsey Building. Mr. Brown spends much of his 

 time at Escota, N. C, where he operated a big lumber mill until its 

 destruction by fire last year. The timber having been fairly well cut out. 

 the plant will not be rebuilt, several small mills being relied upon to 

 utilize the remaining stumpage. 



COLUMBUS 



The report of the Columbus building department for the year 1920 

 shows that permits for structures costing in excess of $10,000,000 were 

 issued during the year, which exceeded any previous year by more than 

 $3,000,000. In fact the year was the best in the history of the city as 

 far as valuation of structures was concerned, although the number of 

 permits did not reach that of some previous years. 



T. T. Van Swearingen, formerly a lumberman of Columbus, now con- 

 nected with the Carstens & Earles Co., of Seattle was a visitor in Columbus 

 recently. Mr. Van Swearingen left Columbus about a dozen years ago 

 and has been very successful in the West. He is making a four months' 

 trip to eastern cities for his concern. 



NASHVILLE HARDWOOD aOORING CO.. 



Manufacturers and Wholesalers 



Hardwood Lvimbei* and Hardwood Flooring 



E.BARTHOLOMEW. MAWAOER i^V\\i^\f^C\ 

 3622 South Morgan St.. VJllv/WjlV/ 



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We have very complete stocks of 

 dry lumber in 4/4 to 16/4 thickness 



DOMESTIC HARDWOODS, Inc. 



33 West 42d Street 

 NEW YORK 



The Hunislng Wooden Ware Company, of Piqua, Ohio, has been chartered 

 with a capital of $400,000 to manufacture many kinds of wooden articles. 

 Incorporators are H. A. Raymond, C. D. Mason, W. P. Belden, E. H. Janes 

 and C. G. Herr. 



Pollowine a short illness from Bright's disease. Marshall A. Teachout. 

 vice-president and manager of the Columbus Branch of the Teachout, Sash, 

 Door and Glas.s Co., died at his late residence 1115 Neil avenue at the 

 age of 78 years. He was a veteran of the civil war and leaves a son 

 W. C. Teachout, who is connected with the Columbus branch. 



The capital of the Arko Lumber Company, of Portsmouth, has been 

 reduced from $250,000 to $2.5,000. 



The Hankey Lumber and Building Company, of Bowling Green, Ohio, 

 has been chartered with a capital of $7.1,000 by P. S. Hankey, F. A. Hankey. 

 D. B. Hankey, H. J. Rudolph and E. D. Bloom. 



F. P.. Prvor. sales manaeer. W. M. Hitter Lumber Company, reoovts n 

 larger number of inquiries recentl.v. which are taken as a good indication 

 of improvement in the hardwood trade. He says a number of the in- 

 quiries are undoubtedly feelers from dealers to secure information to 

 make inventories, but some are expected to develop into orders. The tone 

 of the market is improved and a gradual increase in buying is expected 

 during the month of January. Prices arc fairly well maintained at former 

 price levels. Mr. Pryor left recently on a business trip to Detroit and 

 Toronto, Canada. 



E. M. Stark, secretary of the American Column and Lumber Com- 

 pany, says trade ^conditions are gradually improving in all sections. Rail- 

 road inquiries and orders are more numerous. 



P. M. Andersen, formerly with the Brasher Lumber Company, of Co- 

 lumbus, has purchased the lumber and supply business of F. J. EmswUe'r 

 at 1S26 East Long St., Columbus. A full line of lumber and building 

 supplies will be handled. 



Papers have been filed increasing the authorized capital of the M. B. 

 Farrln Lumber Company, of Winton Place, Near Cincinnati, for $1,000,000 

 to $1,250,000. 



CINCINNATI 



The kiln rooms of the new addition of the M. B. Farrin Lumber Com- 

 pany are nearing completion. Officials of the company fail to heed the 

 present dark forebodings and claim to see the silver lining of good business. 



Building in Cincinnati during eleven months ending Dec. 1 exceeded 

 operations of the corresponding period of 1919 by more than $3,000,000. 



It has been announced that the Hardwood Wholesalers Association will 

 convene in Cincinnati toward the end of the month. 



INDIANAPOLIS 



Fire of unknown origin destroyed a shed at the William P. Jungclaus 

 Company. The loss was $500. The company's plant was almost destroyed 

 by fire some months ago and is being rebuilt. 



Elmer E. Wier, for twenty years, superintendent of the Parry Manufac- 

 turing company and its successor, the Martin-Parry Corporation, died 

 Saturday evening at the Methodist Hospital after a week's illness. 



Plans are under consideration by the Powell Myers Company of South 

 Bend, Ind., for the removal of their sawmill plant at Rochester, Ind., to 

 Michigan. The Rochester plant has been in operation for the last eight 

 years and was shut down recently for an indefinite period, although they 

 have thousands of feet of timber on hand to be sawed into commercial 

 timber. 



The Studebaker Corporation at South Bend, Ind., will discontinue the 

 manufacture of wagons after this year, and will make only motor cars. 

 The Studebaker Wagon Works was established by five brothers more than 

 sixty years ago and because of its tremendous activity on war contracts 

 during the Civil war became the leading wagon factory in the world. 

 During the past few years, however, the automobile business has been 

 taking the lead, and the firm's heavy world war contracts were for the 

 manufacture of motor vehicles. Only a small percentage of the corpora- 

 tion's stock is now held by the descendants of the Studebaker brothers. 



