March 10, 1921 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



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Gillespie of D. L. Gillespie & Compauy, attended the inauguration of 

 President Harding. 



J. A. Chejnp, president of the Pennsylvania Sash & Door Company, 

 represented the IMttshurgli Chamber of Commerce in Chicago at the con- 

 vention of the National Federation of Construction Industries. 



The Satler-Hamilton Lumber Company reports tbat now and then a 

 very nice railroad inquii*y is going around. One of these for a lot of 

 500,000 railroad ties was closed up last month at a good price. 



The Joseph W. Cottrell Lumber company reports business in general 

 bad and believes that wages have got to come down before the demand 

 increases. 



The Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce has launched a big movement to 

 build 2.000 houses in Pittsburgh this year and is securing the financial 

 backing of the local trust companies to make this campaign a go. More 

 than 6.000 vacant lots have been offered the Cbamher at very reasonable 

 prices as building sites. 



J. N. Woolett of the Aberdeen Lumber (^ompany spent two weeks lately 

 among the mills of the southwest. 



The Acorn Lumber Company sees some signs of daylight in the hard- 

 wood situation and t>elieves that inquiry will increase considerably later 

 in the month. 



BALTIMORE 



Measured by the activity in building, the lumber trade here is getting 

 back to its former condition in at least some of its aspects. Permits 

 calling for new construction, additions and alterations that involve an 

 estimated cost of not less than .$4,086,640 were Issued by the building 

 inspector here last month, which is taken to mean that the requirements 

 of the builders in the way of lumber of all kinds will be correspondingly 

 large. It is noted in this connection that the total for January was only 

 .fl, 737,240, and for February, of last year, not more than $,3,233,880. 

 That month was a banner period, so that last month may well be con- 

 sidered as showing up most favorably. The exhibit, however, seems more 

 encouraging than it really is. As a matter of fact, it must be deemed 

 exceptional in that the larger proportion of the total is contributed by 

 two operations, one of them an office building being erected for the 

 Standard Oil Company and the other a .$500,000 school for the city. Such 

 a conjunction of circumstances does not always occur. On the other hand, 

 there were not less than 74 garages, 92 two-story brick dwellings and 

 39 two-story frame dwellings among the structures authorized last month, 

 which suggests that a revival in house building is at hand ; and this 

 cannot fail to stimulate the demand for lumber very largely. 



From Berryville. Va., comes the report that the Berryville Basket Com- 

 pany, Inc., has begun the erection of four buildings there near the Nor- 

 folk and Western railroad for the manufacture of all kinds of fruit 

 baskets and other wooden containers, including barrels. Large quantities 

 of hardwood will be used. Harry C. Warden is president of the company. 

 E. G. Coiner the treasurer, H. H. Burks the secretary and P. J, Keymel 

 the manager. The intention is to begin operations about April 1, with an 

 initial capacity of 3,600 containers a day. 



The statement in the annual report of State Forester F. W. Besley, of 

 Maryland, that forest fires last year caused a damage of about $85,000 

 and burned over some 30,000 acres of land, and that a large proportion 

 of these fires were due to locomotives, caused Governor Ritchie to call a 

 conference between officials of the railroads and the Forestry Board with 

 a view to adopting preventive measures. It was decided that the railroads 

 should establish and maintain a "fire strip" 100 feet wide along the lines 

 of track, permission being solicited from the owners of the land, and 

 that the cost of this arrangement should he borne by the railroads. 



COLUMBUS 



G. W. Foster, who has been connected with the Sanford-Bodge Lumber 

 Company for a numl)er of years, has withdrawn and organized the Foster 

 Lumber Compauy, to do a general jobbing business. He has opened offices 

 In the Gasco building. Mr. Foster was formerly with the Gates Lumber 

 Company of Wilmar. Ark. 



The Andrew Lumber Company, organized a month ago by J. M. Andrew, 

 formerly manager of the lumber department of the Central West Coal & 

 Lumber Company, has opened offices in the newly constructed James build- 

 ing. The concern will do a wholesale business in hardwoods and southern 

 pine. 



Walter Morgan, formerly in charge of the Huntington, W. Va., office 

 of the Central West Coal & Lumber Company, has been made sales man- 

 ager of the lumber department with headquarters in Columbus. E. H. 

 Hammond, manager of the railway sales department, will assist In the 

 sales department, 



S. H. Ackles of the Alton Lumber Company of Buckhannon, W. Va., 

 was a recent business visitor in Columbus. 



G. D. Baker & Company, who recently opened a retail yard at Washing- 

 ton Court House, O., has sold out to the Washington Lumber Company. 



A report of the Columbus building department for the month of February 

 shows that building operations are holding up fairly well under the cir- 

 cumstances. During the month a total of 254 permits were granted for 

 IJroJects to cost $417,500, as compared with 103 permits and a valuation 

 of $494,605 in February of last year. For the first two months of the 

 year the department issued 396 permits, having a valuation of $872,245, 



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Preston, Ont. (l) 



Anglo Can.adian Lbr. Co. 



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 Mawhinney Last Co. 



Brockton, Mass. (i) 

 Auburn Last Co. 



Framingham, Mass. (4) 



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Boston Last Co. 



Richmond, Que. (2) 



C. H. A. Stafford 



Morrisville, Vt. (3) 



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Maiden, Mass. (2) 

 O. C. Miller Treeing Co. 



Brockton, Mass. (6) 



WiLLIAMSTOWN Co, 



Williamstown, Vt. (3) 



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Beverly, Mass. (4) 



Brattleboso Lbr. Co. 



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