\'..v ..M>)»-r 111 t'H.'i. 



While the mill ot the I < - 

 grintlini; klowlr, a number of ImjKirtnnt mnltorn wen- IiiiikIIimI .hiriiiK 

 the Inat two weeks, A nimiber of opiniuim wore hnmleJ down nml 

 a Inri^ number of assicninents of benrinc* were mnde. Among the 

 Inltor were ii nuniU-r of vi-ry important lumlwr cam!*. There wnit a 

 Kiircily of fourth (lection or other order* nnd no brii'fn were filed in 

 lunO 



A was rendered iit the mstter of lumber fr<mi MiehiKiin 



points <1- """l 8- ^•o- Ol**''. !lriiotod intercjit thro\i(jh- 



out tbe country. rro|>o»od if u lumber from WitM-oiiHin 



points to Michigan ]K>inU> and from Miehignn |H)intN to point.t without 

 tbo state found not to be justified except to Toleilo, Ohio, and [raints 

 taking the same rates. Respomlents were rc<|uired to onncol the 

 schedules under suspension, but permii'sion was given to eMtublish to 

 Toledo the rates approved in the report. 



The conclusions of Chairman McChord, who wrote the opinion, lire 

 a» follows: 



ItcapoDdcnlN will Iw required lo cancel nil tho schedules under suspension 

 but tliejr may estnbMsb upon statutory notice tho follon-InK rates : 



1. From I.udlnsioD nnd MnnUtco to Toledo, rates not In excess of those 

 In effect from bay shore points. 



•2. From Cadillac nnd points tnklne the sniuo rates, to Toledo nnd points 

 laklne tbi' Mime rntes prior lo Ibe s'lspvnslon. U ci'nts per 100 pounds, 

 nnd rnles to llirso di'.^tlontlons from points north of Ciidlllac on Iho Grand 

 Itaplds A Indlnna may be Increased proportlonntely. but the relallonsbip 

 I'listlng b<tween such points and Cadillac prior lo the suspension must 

 be prcserred. 



3. From Saginaw valley points to Toledo and points Inking the same 

 rates prior to the suspension. 8 cents per 100 pounds. .\s rates from 

 points north of the Saginaw valley points are based on nrbltraries over 

 Hay City, we shall expect the respondents. If they establish the rates 

 from Saclnaw valley |>olnts herein approved, to mnlntnln the same rela- 

 tionship between the Saglnnw valley points nod points north thereof that 

 has heretofore existed. 



4. From Cheboygan nnd points taking same rnles. from Alpenn and 

 points taking same rates, the re.ipondents may establish to Toledo, only, 

 the Increased rates proposed In Detroit & .Maeklnnc ICnllwny I. C. C. :!94. 

 supplement 2, here under suspension. 



30 I. C. C. 



To nnd from other points to and from which Inorensed rates are 

 publlsheO In the schedules under susp(^>nslon. the respondents will he 

 expected to restore rates not In excess of those authorized by our decision 

 In the Five Per Cent case, supra. 



A decision favoring the contention of the Himmelbcrger-Harrison 

 Lumber Company of Crfpe Girardeau, Mo., was liandod down in its 

 case .igain.st the Frisco Lines. The commission found that the pro- 

 portional rate of 7 cents per 100 pounds charged for the transporta- 

 tion of lumber and lumber products in carloails from Morehouse, Mo., 

 to Thebes, III., destined to points in Central Freight Association, 

 trunk line and other territories, was unreasonable to the extent that 

 it exceeded 5.5 cents per 100 pounds, jirescriljcd as a reasonable max- 

 imum proportional rate for the future. 



In the case of C. C. Mcngcl & Bro. Company against the Baltimore 

 & Ohio, with regard to the rate on Spanish cedar logs from Louisville 

 to Philadelphia, the commission ruled that a rate to exceed twenty- 

 three cents was unreasonable. The Mengel com|>any had complained 

 of the application of a twenty-eight cent mte. 



Two complaints by the Foster Lumlxr t miipiniy of Kansas City 



were dismissed in recent decisions. Each case was brought against 



the Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe railroad and alleged improper assess- 

 ment of demurrage. 



The Louisville i Nashville lost another reconsiguinent case when 

 the commission banded down its decision in the case brought by the 

 American Lumber and Manufacturing Company. The reconsignments 

 that had been denied cars of lumber shipped by the American Lumber 

 and Manufacturing Company, shoulil have l)een allowed the commis- 

 sion found. 



.Maley ft Wertit of Kvnnsville, Ind., won their i.~i ibe 



l.oui*villr 4 \:ii.li\ille ill the liintler of charges on e.-ilMiii sliipinenta 

 of oak nnd piipliir logs from New Kinpire, Ky., to Kvnnsville. The 

 commiMlon found that the charges collected were unrenwmnble and 

 awarded reparation. 



The rale i Imru'cd on rMrlo^mr. uI iii^;s I..Ihih-m itoiKf mil .mhI I niiiii 

 City, Ohio, was sustained in nn opinion in tho case of Uic Union H<mi|i 

 nnd Lumlx-r Company versus the Big Four. 



The Ya/.oo Sl Mississippi Valley Kiiilmail was onlered to pay 

 reparation to the Ouirk Coo|)erage nnd Lumljer Company, for mis- 

 routing a car of ash staves shipped from Boyle, Miu., lo Ash 

 Grove, Mo. 



The Clark Uuiilortli JliimJlc ( i.inpany of Cairo liiilnl to estnlilisli 



its allegations of unreasonable rates on certain shipments mnde over 

 tho Mobile & Ohio railroad. 



Hearings have lieen assigned .as follows: 



November Irt. f'lnclnnnll. Kxninlner Morton: W. K. IleyHi>r Lumber 

 Company versus St. Ixiuls & Southwestern llailnmil. 



November -'i;. Illrr.ilngham, Kxnmlner Worthlngton ; Lumber and Kxport 

 Company v. .Vlaimnm, Tennessee & New Orleans; .Icfferson Lumber Com- 

 pany v. Mobile i. Ohio. 



XoveudH-r -2. .St. l.ouls, ICxnmlner Waters ; I. & S. 000 Hoops for Chaffee. 

 Mo. 



Nov. 24. St. Ixiuls, ICxainlner Waters : .Tiillus 8lidell Ltimber Company v. 

 Missouri I'nciflc. 



November 24. Meridian. Miss.. Kxamlner Worthlngton: Meed" Lumber 

 Company v. .Mabnmn Central (two eases). 



November 20. Xiw Orleans. Kxamlner Worthlngton: American Creosote 

 Works V. Illinois t'entrnl. I. urns K. Moore Stave Compony v. Morgan's 

 Louisiana & Texas Knllroad and Steamship Company. 



November 20. Memphis. lOxumlner Graham ; .T. V. Stimson r.nmber c'om- 

 ]).iny V. Chicago. ICock Island & rncinc. Carrier Lumber and Manufac- 

 turing Company v. Illluols Central. Tallahatchie I..umbcr Company v. 

 Yazoo & Mississippi Valley. 



November ."O. .Mexandrla. I.n.. Kxamlner Worthlngton : Ferd Ilrenner 

 Lumber Com|iany v. Morgan's Louisiana & Texas Itallroad and Steamship 

 Company. 



November '■'•<), Memphis, Kxamlner tirahom : 1. & S. 701. Ilulltup wooil 

 from Memi>his. 



December <i. Beauninnt. Kxamlner Worthlngton : Luther & Moore Lumber 

 Company v. Texarkana 4: Ft. Smith. 



December T, Chicago. Kxamlner J. Ldgnr Smith ; Uagdud Lumber Com- 

 pany V. Louisville & Nashville (two coses). 



The casie of the Bedna Young Lumber Company v. the Illinois Cen- 

 tral, assigned for .Faekson. Teiiii., December 1, was cancelled. 



Reparation has In'on alloweil liy the commission in the following 

 Itiint^er cases: 



IL B. Walte Lumber Coin|ian.v virsus the Cbloagu. ttock Island & 

 Pacific; R. C. M-Nult Hardwood Company v. Southern Hallway ; .St. Johns 

 Lumber Company v. Oregon Short Line ; Babcock Lumber Company v. 

 Norfolk Southern; Kentucky Lumber Company v. Vnzoo & Mississippi 

 Valley; Westminster Mill Comiinny v. Chicago, Burlington & Qulncy ; 

 Prcndergast Company v. Louisville i Nashville; W. .1. Foyo v. Fernwood 

 & Gulf; Twin City Hardwooil Lumber Company v. Great Northern; 

 Oulf Lumber Company v. Ijike Chorlcs & Northern ; .\rgenta Shingle 

 Creosotlng Compony v. SI. Louis. Iron Mountain & Southern ; Fullerton 

 Powell Ilnrdwinid Lumber CompiU; . ' ntral Itnllway of .\rkaosas ; 



Many a woodworking in.stitutc might advertise itself quite ex- 

 tensively by making a display of as much as is practical of its prod- 

 uct in show windows, and at the same time add to the attractiveness 

 of the factorv itself. 



The cost of tying up a single bundle of flooring is very in- 

 significant, but in the mills where enormous quantities of floor- 

 ing and ceiling are put up, the co.st of tying is quite an important 

 item, no matter whether twine or wire is used. Incidentally it may 

 be remarked that there is a disposition to use much more wire 

 than formerly. 



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