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HARDWOOD RECORD 



Niivi-mb«r 10. lOI.'i, 



T. Sullivan A Co. stale tlint O.i »<Tf on n lnr:,-.r •"»■•■ ilmti 



for the pant two y.>«n. Msptr n^ nh were nmonc lUc woodt 



tbat were In !-- • -' 



Taylor A i : rrj (wo lake tchik'Is to brine down further 



can-.. » .f I, PI Tli.v hnvp bail In an unuiiinl mipply 



oi 



i J 1 the hnnlwood trade aa boldlOff 



up Well tlurluK ilie puhi luoiulj, »UU yullc eood »alc« of a number of 

 wood*. iDcludlnc oak iind axh. 



James 11. WaUh. roprvicnt ht I.umbrr Company 



here. ha» rcturnwl from a I Mpbla nnd nnltimorc-. 



and found bul- - -•, i)<.ii.i j ,, ,, ,,i. . .- ..h-o. 



The nuffal l LumlMr Company has t>een nelllni; oak. birch 



and aiih In l.i.. , .. ,v- qunnlHIiii reiVntly. Cars are reported to be 

 rrowlne ncarccr at the aouthcrn mills and a sorloiis RhortiiKo In looked tor. 



The IlUKh Mrl-ean Lumber Company reports October shipments from 

 tlie yard as lareer than for the prfcedlng month. Mr. Mcl-<iin ban been 

 maklne a tendny buiilInK trip to the Oatlneau rivnr In t^nnnda. 



Miller. Sturm & .Miller rtnd trade In hardwoods about tbo wime ns a 

 month aco. Thi- yard has been gettlnc In oiik. maple and poplar. 



Anthony Miller states that conditions sbuw some Unprovemi-nt In 

 hardwoods this fall, but business Is not called brisk. 



■< PHILADELPHIA >■ 



llulldlnE operalloiis in tin- (jiv dunn-- iln' no'iith "f October lenchod 

 a total of fJ.!>S0.(lti."i. nn Increase of ?,"i:i.7."i.5 over those for October. 

 1011. maklni; a total Increase of ?l..'jl4.,'il5 for thi- ten months of the 

 current year, as compared with the corresponding period of Inst year. 



At the Safety-First Convention, held at the Bellevue-Slratford hotel 

 recently, there was n woodworking sectional meeting. Ten minute dis 

 cusslims were held on u number of Important subjects. 



The William .\. Jncksnn Lumber Company. Commerclni Trust bulbling. 

 a new wholesale firm, bos made Its bow to the local trade. William .V. 

 Jackson, head of the Arm. was formerly a member of the JncksonWyntt 

 Lumber Company. Mr. Jackson has bis brother. Howard W. Jackson, 

 associated with him. 



The Cross Brothers Lumber Company, Crozer building. Is another new 

 wholesale concern bidding for local favor. M. B. Cross, an oDlcer of the 

 Santev Klver Cypress Lumber Company, Ferguson, S. C. Is president : 

 John E. Cross, a Baltimore, Md.. lawyer. Is vice-president, and Charles C. 

 Cross, serretary-treasurer. Is a widely experienced lumberman having 

 during the past twenly-nvc years been engaged nt different times with 

 wholesalers, retailers, exporters and manufacturers. C. C. Cross will be 

 the active spirit at the helm of the new firm In this section. 



The Empire Lumb.>r Company of Pittsburgh, has made Alvln R. .\dams 

 Its local representative. Mr. Adams Is well-known In the local hardwood 

 trade, having been for a number oi years employed by two Philadelphia 

 Arms. 



The Pennsylvania i^ompany on November 1 asked for bids on 0,000 new 

 freight cars to cost approximately ?12,.'>00.000. This announcement fol- 

 lowed right on the heels of word thai the railroad had placed contracts 

 for sevcDty-flve new locomotives with the Baldwin plant and for 175.000 

 tons of steel rails with various companies, calling for an expenditure of 

 $7,000,000. 



The State Workmen's Insurance Fund is sending blanks for accident 

 liability insurance to every employer In Pennsylvania affected by the 

 coinpen.satlon acts which become operative on January 1. IL is stated 

 that employers by making application do not bind themselves to accept 

 state policies, but will t"- nlv.n fiill Informntlon retarding clnsslllcatlon 

 and other det.nils. 



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Thr .1. C. '""iiroU LumbiT Company !'< i.i:ilcinL' your! Ih'mcIumv with it>; 

 hardwood operation In Virginia and Is getting more business from the 

 mining and Industrial concerns than for a long time. It has been troubled 

 of late by a scarcity of men due to the apple harvest in that section. 



The .\llegheny Lumber Company notes some improvement In general 

 conditions but says that it still takes mighty hard plugging to bring the 

 orders across In good form. It believes that hardwood manufacturers will 

 shortly follow the lead of yellow pine men In rnlsing prices. 



The West Penn Lumber Company was lately admitted to membership in 

 the Pittsburgh Wholesale Lumber Dealers' Association. Its managers arc 

 K. II. Erving and E. H. Stoner of the old Flint. Ervlng & Stoner Company. 



The Kendall Lumber Company according to Sales Manager Young, finds 

 business better all along the line. Industrial conditions are greatly 

 Improved In the Pittsburgh district nnd as a result mill and mine orders 

 are coming forward In mucb better shape. 



President J. N. Woollctt of the Aberdeen Lumber Company, says that 

 in his specialties, gum and Cottonwood, there Is no special Increase In 

 demand. Some manufacturers are beginning to figure around on next 

 year's requirements but few contracts are being signed. 



A. Rex Fllnn. president of the Duquesne Lumber Company, was wedded 

 last week to Miss Eleanor Bradley of Brookllne. Mass. He is one of the 

 most popular and aggressive of the younger lumbermen in this city. 



Hugh V. Hazeltlne. secretary of the Chamber of Commerce at Warren. 

 Pa., and Charles Forsgren, manager of the Conewango l-'nrnltnre Company 



of thai plac.-. h:,\r bought the i.iiiiit .., II,.- .\i.„« loioiiure A NOTClty 

 Company In Ml .itv nnd will begin the manufacture of wood bed* that 

 can be •■■'■) • • • "■ w 1.1 1.-. ■« 



Till' I ■ 'y baa no complaint to make resarding 



linrd II: ^y this fall. Its trade among the big 



manufacturing and Induitrlnl roncerna of this district Is itrowlng steadily. 



-< BOSTON >.= 



On Novel ' • n I. Tim Lumber Company moved from Its old 



yarti nt &lu .Mliany street to the new locution which It hax estaldlabed 

 at .'.GO to 310 Border street, East Boston. With an area of about 200,000 

 square feet anil mmlern faellltli's for prompt and economical handling of 

 stock, the new viird Is one of the best In the city. 



The W. II. Ames Lumber Company has been Incorporated nt Boston 

 with capital of j.'iO.ooo. Frank W. Tucker Is president and W. II. Ames 

 Is treasurer. This firm It Is und^rftood will handle largely stock from 

 West Virginia and the surrounding section. 



The Paclde Const Lumber Company, after having uuide an nsitignment, 

 has held a meeting of Us credllois and the affairs of ilie eoneeru nre now 

 before them. This company, operating its yard In Medford. Mass.. seemed 

 to h.ive nn exeeil-nt outlook and the schedules as now reported Indicate 

 nn nblllty lo pay creditors In full, provided of course thnt its bonk nnd 

 other assets are converted with prudence. 



A series of very disastrous llr-'s have occurred In the Boston district 

 the Inst two weeks. Both the property loss nnd sacrifice of life have 

 been heavy and a new impetus has been given to (Ire baiinrd agitation. 

 The largest lumber (Ire was on October .'to, when the Joseph F. Paul 

 & Co. plant, .Vlbany and Bristol streets, Boston, was damaged with a loss of 

 about $15,000. Being in the heart of the old South End lumber section, this 

 fire had every nppenrance of destroying at least the whole of the Paul 

 buildings .mil stock, but being located across the street from (ire head- 

 quarters of the city, the blaze was controlled within their yard. \ three 

 alarm Are at Cambridge on Nov. L* irntied tli.- riirtiliiire fiii-t.tr\ <,reiipl..il 

 by James Howard. 



=■< BALTIMORE >-- 



The board of ilireetor.-; of the National Lumber Exporters' .\ssoclntlon has 

 decided that the annual meeting of the organization shall be held at the 

 Hotel SInton. Cincinnati, on January 21 nnd 22, lOllt. This was the place 

 of meeting last Jnnimry. and Cincinnati was again chosen because of the 

 easy accessibility of the city to the great majority of the members. It Is 

 confidently expected that a large attendance will be brought out, as numer- 

 ous Important problems created by the war claim the attention of the ship- 

 pers of lumber, and action of far naehing Importance Is looked for. 



A number of sash and door men from the West have been here In the 

 course of eastern business trips In the last two weeks. The visitors 

 Included J. A. Gnbel, president of the Pacific Mutual Door Company. 

 Tncoma. Wash. ; and C. W. Caley, eastern manager for the Pacific company, 

 with headquarters at New York; II. M. Ilurd of Anson, Gllkey A Ilurd. 

 Merrill, Wis., and August Von Boechlln of the Washington Manufacturing 

 Company, Tacomn, Wash. All reported an Improvement In the trade, with 

 the demand better and prices on the advance. 



Because of the Illness of Charles Macglll James, a son of Norman James, 

 president of the .\. W. James Lumber Company, at school in Exeter, N. H.. 

 the marriage of Mr. James and Miss Isabella L. Hngner, former social 

 secretary at the White House, was hurried, and took place last Tuesday In 

 St. John's Protestant Episcopal Church at Washington. The two daughters 

 of the groom. Misses Margie and .VmcIIa, were the only attendants, with 

 Hamilton Post taking the place of the son as best man. Mr. nnd Mrs. 

 James postponed the contemplated wedding trip to California, and hurried 

 to Exeter insteail. to nurse the son. who has typhoid fever. 



The managing enmmlttec of the Baltimore Lumber Exchange held It« 

 monthly meeting last Monday, but transacted only routine business aside 

 from making preparations for the annual meeting on the first .Monday in 

 Derenilier, when olllcers will be elected. A committee will be named to 

 nominate a ticket. 



Information was received In Baltimore last week of the death on October 

 7 of Walter John Sharp of the well-known timber firm of Churehlll A Sim. 

 London. Mr. Sharp was thirty-eight years old and had been 111 for some 

 time with consumption. In the hope of staying the malndy he went to 

 Torquay, where he died. The deceased was In charge of the Liverpool office 

 and bad made several business trips to the United States. 



The building activity In Baltimore Is showing some Improvement. For 

 September the value of the new structures for the erection of whleh permits 

 were Issued amounted to $499,S7C, with $62,315 more for additions and 

 $32,000 for alterations. This brings the aggregate for the nine months of 

 the present year up to $10,376,726, but does not take In the millions 

 expended on construction In the immediate vicinity of the city, especially 

 at Curtis Bay, where Improvements estimated to cost $5,000,000 alone have 

 been or arc being reared. 



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Building operations In Columbus nre still fairly active as is shown by the 

 records of the city building department, altliough they do not come up to the 

 totals of the previous year. This can be explained, however, by the fact that 

 many large 'itrDttiire^ were st.Trted In October. 1014. while none of the 



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