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HARDWOOD RECORD 



NoYfinlwr 10, lOl.'i. 



WE WANT WALNUT 



If you havi: Black Walnut I.i>(;i it niA UrK^r in Juinclcr and 

 8' or longer in Irnglh, write us (or prices ami pirticulars. 

 W« are in the market now (or two million (eet. 

 PICKREL WALNUT CO., 4025 CUr. Avenue. ST. LOUIS 



HIGH GRADE 



ST. FRANCIS BASIN OAK 



GALLOWAY-PEASE CO. Poplar Bluff, Mo. 



Iart;i-r bulldlDRii liavc l>cvn started In tlio moutli JuHt paxsed. ImrliiR Octo- 

 txr, 1015, tlirro wore 205 iKrmlls IsHiiPd liaTinK a valuation of f:tl)U,0S5 an 

 roinparrd with 201 pernills and a rnlualion of $040,220 in Octol>cr, 1»14. 

 Since tlie first of tbr vent ttie department linB Issued 2,203 permits of n 

 Taluation of $4,430.7:15 u.s compared with 2,400 permits and a valuation of 

 l5.n02.4SO in the cv>rresponding period In 1014. 



J. R. Devine has become associated with the E. J. Thomas Lumber Com- 

 pany of Cincinnati, Ohio, and will travel Ohio and Indiana in the interests 

 of tills concern. 



The ClUiens' Lumber Compony is a new concern with office in the Ohio 

 building, Toledo. It was organiicd by Norman L. Hanson, vice-president of 

 tbc CitiicDs' Banking Company, Pcrrysburg. It will carry on a wholesale 

 business. 



A. L. Shaw & Co., Mechanicsburg, O., recently began tbc wholesale and 

 commission cypress lumber business. 



Fire of undetermined origin daniuged the plant of the Compressed Wood 

 Preserving Company, located on Spring Grove avenue, Cincinnati. The 

 blaze was discovered by a policeman, who turned in the alarm. The depart- 

 ment hod a hard Dglit to subdue the flames. The fire started in the boiler 

 room, and three boilers, several sheds and several sawdust machines were 

 damaged. The loss was estimated at $5,000. 



Joseph F. Meader, one of Cincinnati's pioneer furniture raanufocturers, 

 died recently at his home in Avondale, a suburb of this city, of inflrmlties 

 Incident to old age. Mr. Meader was eighty-eight years old. He wiis one nt 

 the first men in Cincinnati to establish a furniture factory on a large scale. 



W. A. Phelps of Dayton, who was elected secretary of the state associa- 

 tion at its meeting in Toledo last spring, and who has been making a 0,000- 

 mlle automobile trip through Ohio in the interests of the lumber industry, 

 bas accepted a position with the Toledo Commerce Club as manager of the 

 convention bureau and publicity department. Mr. Phelps will edit the Com- 

 merce Club News, a weekly bulletin, and will conduct the general publicity 

 deportment. lie began his duties on November 1. 



Fire completely destroyed the two-story wood and brick building owned 

 by the DuBois and McCoy Lumber Company of Itellalre, 0., also the yards 

 of the Anderson & McGregor Lumber Company adjoining. Both are a total 

 loss. The Bellaire fire department, being found inadequote, an emergency 

 call was sent to Martins Ferry. Tbc loss is estimated at $7."i,00n, the 

 DuBois & McCoy Lumber Company's loss being between $40,000 and $50,000. 

 with insurance amounting to $1.''>.000. The fire was caused by an explosion 

 of gasoline in a motor truck of the DuBois company. 



R. W. Horton of the W. M. Rltter Lumber Company reports an Improve- 

 ment In the hardwood demand both from retailers and manufacturing con- 

 terns, though the former is the best feature. Prices arc firm and advanc- 

 have been recorded in FAS. white and red oak. Shipments are fairly prompt. 

 Stocks in the hands of retailers are not large in any section. 



J. A. Ford of the Imperial Lumber Company says the demand for bard- 

 woods is better and the tone of the market is improving. He looks for .i 

 good trade during tbc fall and early winter. 



=•< CINCINNATI y- 



Lumber litigation wlucJi lia.- b.i d tri"ii' ili- Kvr.lucky courts for fifteen 

 years was suddenly and unexpectedly brought to a close at Winchester. 

 Ky. last week when attorneys for the Kentucky River Coal and Timber 

 Company and the Kentucky Coal Lands Company reached an agreement 

 for their clients. Three thousand acres of coal and timberlands were 

 Involved in tbe suit, (be property, which is situated in Leslie and Clay 

 counties, being valued at close to $50,000. 



The Maxwell Motor Car Company, a large branch of which is located 

 at Dayton, O., announced recently that extensive improvements would be 

 made in Its factory, which will mean the employment of a larger force 

 and greatly Increase the output. The main work done at the Dayton plant 

 Is body building, which requires much wood. 



The State Public Utilities Commission last week handed down a decision 

 In which the W. H. Settle Lumber Company of Cincinnati, lost its complaint 

 against the Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern Railroad regarding freight 

 rates. The case came up last April when the Settle company complained 

 that the suburb of Madisonville, in which the company's plant is located. 



»«• di- ncnlnnl In KMiichInt: tlmrcin, the nllegatlon, however, 



no! I"l' ! )•>• llie riimnil'Klnn .\ Hubntllutlon of 214 crnt rate 



I" ■ ' for a 3'.'j oni rate liitwwn Madlnonville and 



<' I'urbx. but nwlne to the pecullnr typography 



of UK' • 111. n I -I III! (u^itii-tft (lie ratew on Nwltrhlng frnm Cinrlniinti 

 proper (11 Mn.li- ■ Ti\IIle are bt;:bi r. ;ind nlb-gt-tl bv (lie Settle concern (o 



b" ill-, ri ,.1 I .. I i„.r cnnnrn ha» aplxabil to (he In(<'riitale 



< ' 'iiiK (hnt (he lienvler clini .-<'•< Impoitrd 5>-rlouNly 



nf. ly of (hnt suburb. CIniliiiiatI lumbermen are 



liKeii'idnl In til- iirmifdinxn. Innmnurli »■ severul large lumber concema 

 are located In MndlNonvillo and adliuini (errKory. 



The recent incorporation of (he Wearwell Chair and Rocker Manufnc- 

 (urlng Company, a( Cleveland, Ohio, was of Interex (o Cinclnnnd luiiilier 

 and furnUure in 11, Inaamucb hn (he lncorpora(orK. P. II. l<oii(wlck, Theo. 

 lien. Jonhun lll-uffer, O. J. /inimer and A. W. WlttenlnrB. are known (o 

 (he Cliiclnnad triule. The company inciiriioriiien f<ir $10,000 



The final eclm of the era»li when the Miili'V, 'i'bompHon & MnlTi'lI 

 Company went under in August. 101.3, immediately after (he sudden d<'a(h 

 of T. J. MolTett, was heard November 3 when (he iiinehlnery and fiKurev 

 of the great lumber plant at KIghth and Kvnus sireeta, was sold nt public 

 aurtlon (o satisfy creditors. Previous (n Mr. MofTett's death the conriTn 

 was one of the largest In the country. .Ml elTorlx to sell (he plan( In Its 

 entirety were uuKUCcessful. so the fixliireH were auctioned off separately, 

 hrliiulng but a (i(he of (hi'lr nc(ual value, 



(Cincinnati's Chamber of Commeret- convention ami publicity committee, 

 aided and abetd'd by the lumbermen, succeeded in capturing the 1016 

 convention of thi' Manufacturers' and Importers' Association of America. 

 The big meeting and large exhibit will be held In the spacloDi wings of 

 Music Ilall February 7 to 12. inclusive. 



.Judge A. I). .\i)|>erson of Mount Sterling. Ky.. within the Clnrlnnatl 

 lumber district and well known (o (he local (rade, recendy purchawd (he 

 extensive RoperReece Lumber Company's property in Morgan co'inlv. Ken- 

 tucky, appraised at $100,000. for $01,000. The properly was sold by Trustee 

 W. A. Duncan in bankruptcy proceedings. There are 10,000 acres of 

 timberland on (be property, improved with rallicads and sawmills. The 

 bU concern failed last March, wlih liabilities of $1.50.000, of which 

 $115,000 was In bonds and $.35,000 In liens against (be (iml>er. It Is by 

 far (he most extensive (imberland property in that section of Kentucky. 



The Norfolk & Western Railroad is beginning to get the general 

 improvement fever and recently placed an order for 1.000 new cars. The 

 order is to be silled In the company shops at Roanoke. Va. It U said 

 that the new cars will be the largest of their kind yet built by any road, 

 each having a hauling capacity of ninety tons. The cars will be put In 

 commission as fast as they are turned out. 



The Chesapeake & Ohio recently announced that (he railroad will expend 

 siKin more than $2.0(K».000 In improvemenis mi (he rigb( of way. stations 

 and general equipment. One thousand seventy-ton cars, each costing 

 $1,000, have been authorized. 



.\t Minerva. Ohio, the Minerva Manufacturing Company has been 

 Incorporated for $25,000 to deal In articles of wood and metal, with F. M. 

 Murphy. E. N. Robbins. .\ustln Lynch. F. A. McGowan and James K. Lynch 

 comprising the firm. 



The Cincinnati. Hamilton & Dayton Railroad bas Just placed an order 

 for 850 box cars. This order is in line with a general Improvement 

 recently ordered throughout the sysfm. Many thousands of dollars will 

 be spent In erecting and repairing- stntions alone the route, rebuilding the 

 track and new rolling stock. 



-< TOLEDO > 



The Skinner Bending Company is still busy with auto rims and does 

 not report much incri>ased activit.v in wagon and buggy business. Stocks 

 are plentiful. I'rlees are not high. 



Toledo building operations, according to permits issued from the city 

 hall between the periods of January 1 and October 30 amount to $0.. '■15,343 

 which shows a gain over last seapon of nearly $000,000, and It Is believed 

 this will easily reach the million dollor mark before the season ends. 

 Permits for factory construction during the year amounted to $1,240,324. 

 Besides these figures there is an Immense amount of building which la not 

 Included but which is properly Toledo building Just the same. Hundreds 

 of residences have been built on suburban properties, some of which have 

 amounted to as high as $25,000. 



The Booth Column Company is running close to the rim of the season 

 and business is commencing to slow down. Tbe concern has had a good 

 year and is fully satisfied with the phowing made. 



The Toledo Lumbermen's Club cnjo.vcd a banquet last week at the 

 Boody House, which was one of the highly enjoyable social affairs which 

 are becoming a feature of this organization. A mock trial caused a great 

 deal of amusement. 



The C. D. Lease saw and planing mill at Tiffin, O., has been ta'ken over 

 by the Tiffin Lumber Company. 



— ■< INDIANAPOLIS >■ 



Three creditors of (he Independent Lumber Company of Lafayette 

 recently filed In federal court here a petition In bankruptcy, alleging that 

 the firm Is insolvent. The claims against the company amounted to 

 about .SG.OOO. 



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