December 10, 191.' 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



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26 Michigan Reports, .'(74, under a eontraet to sell 60,000 feet of 

 square Miite oak lumber, that it was open to one of the i)arties to 

 show a traile enstoni whereby parts of feet were disregarileil in 

 computing quantity. 



3. There are many decisions holding tliat a buyer waives any 

 right to object to deficiencies in lumber ilelivereil wliere the lumber 

 is retained after he acijuires knowledge of the defects complained 

 of. (See pages 2l:i, L'89-24.3, vol. 35 Cyc.) The facts you state 

 seem to make a plain case in your favor under this general rule 

 of law. Had your customer promiitly made complaint on discov- 

 ering any deficiency in the lumber <lelivered, he would have been 

 in much better position to claim damages, for the law is not un- 

 mindful that if he had given you prompt notice of his objection, 

 you might have been able to have remedied the situation, if you 

 were at fault. 



4. But even if it should be found that you broke your part of 

 the contract, and the breach was not waived by your customer, it 

 still remains that your adversary is "wild" in making a claim of 

 <lamages approximating the agreed [irice of the lumber. If you had 

 no knowledge at the time the contract was made as to the special 

 use to which the lumber was to be put, you are not liable for 

 ■damages resulting from the fact that by reason of deficiency in 

 dimensions the lumber delivered was not suited to that purpose. In 

 that case, you would merely be liable for the excess of the market 

 value of the lumber contracted for above that delivered and ac- 

 cepted. Another important limitation on the amount of damages 

 recoverable is the rule that yoiir customer was bound to do every- 

 thing he reasonably could to minimize the loss resulting to him 

 from any failure on your ]jart to live up to your part of the con- 

 tract. In support of these statements, yon are cited to Neal vs. 

 Pender-Heyman Hardware Company, 122 North Carolina Reports, 

 104, and pages 6.'J2, 647, 648, vol. 85 Cyc, where nnmerous decisions 

 are cited. 



B 959 — Wants Information as to Cost Per Thousand for Selling 

 Hardwoods in Chicago 



A northern firm wrote to 11ai;i)W00D RKCOHn a short tinu' ago ask- 

 ing for information as follows: 



1 . Editor Hardwood Rkcoimi: Have you any iufiiniintion 



you can give me as to the average cost per thousand. Including a fairly 

 representative office for selling say ten ndllions average grades northern 

 liardwcods in Chicago yearly, I'ighty-five per cent liy cargo? 



H.\RD\voOD Record has replied as follows: 



It is impossible to give anything like itefinite information on the 

 cost of selling lumber in Chicago. A large yard sold at an average 

 <'0st of fifty-nine cents a thousand for a short jieriod, and at another 

 period of six months the average cost was sixty-five cents. The 

 yellow pine people are said to pay twenty-five cents a thousand as 

 commission on common, and thirty-five cents on B and better; but the 

 seller assumes no responsibility for loss. When the seller assumes 

 that risk he charges from seventy-five cents to one dollar a thousand. 



Instances are cited where sales have been made at thirteen cents 

 a thousand, while others cost two dollars. It is apparent that each 

 ■case is governed by particular circumstances, and any average cost 

 quoted might prove misleading. 



If any readers have any further information, and would like 

 to discuss this further, we would very much like to receive such com- 

 munications. — Kditor. 



B 960— Wants to Buy Soft Maple and Paper Birch Glued-Up 



Stock 



Philadelphia. Pa.. Nov. 27. — Editor H.irdwood Record : Can you in- 

 form us where we can secure. a suppl.v of glued-up stock sucii as soft 

 maple and paper liircli in the following sizes ; 5/4 and G/4xl6" and IT" 

 square, and 4/4x14" and 16" square? This stock is to be kiln-dried, glued- 

 up to above sizes and surfaced two sides. W"e might be able to use some 

 of the above stock in 4/4, .5/4 and G/4x3" wide, l.">" and 17" long. 



Hardwood Record has given them a list of possible manufactur- 

 ers of this class of stock. Others can have information on applica- 

 tion. — Editor. 



B 961— Wants to Sell Apple Tree Butts 

 lit. Vernou, 111., Nov. 15. — Editor H.vkdwood IJecord : I inquired 

 from some luml)erman for selling about 1.500 to 2.000 green apple tree 

 liutts. running from S" to 14" in diameter, and from 3' to 4%' in 

 length, and was advised to write you. Will you kindly advise me where 

 I can sell these butts for a reasonai>le price? 



ture of saw handles, printers' furniture, measuring rules, children's 

 to|is, faucets, shuttles, wood engraving blocks and for other similar 

 ai tides. — Editor. 



B 962 — Experienced Office Man Wants Lumber Position 



Walkertcm, ont., Nov. L'S. — Editor ll.\iai\voipi) Kni'iiito: I bave worked 

 in different offices where IlAiiDW(ii>D ItEcouD is taken regularl.v and write 

 to ask if you can in any way assist me in securing employincut on the 

 clerical staff of some lumber company in the United States. For the 

 past three years it nas been the aim of the writer to get in the office 

 or some place in the yard where I could in time make advancement, to 

 the office or on the road. I prefer to go to the United States as my 

 liome is there. 



I have been teaching in several business colleges for the past four years 

 and at present am principal of this college. Business is dull and it I 

 can secure the position I am seeking I will sell out the business to a pros- 

 pective customer. * 



I am by no means a "green" man in the lumber business as I have 

 been among lumbermen in the best lumbering districts since I was eleven 

 years old. 1 have bought and sold lumber and feel that I would still be 

 capable of doing so. , 



Anybody interested in this man's application can have his address 

 by writing H.\RD\vooD Record. — Editor. 



B 963 — Wants to Buy Long Dimension Oak 



Cincinnati, <)., Nov. :^7. — Kditor IlAunw<i(ii» UKroKo; Wo would like 

 fo get in touch with some millmen who are in a position to supply the 

 t'ollowing two sizes free from heart from good white, burr or chestnut 

 oak: 40 pieces ."i l"xl2',4"x4o' long, 25 pieces 4"x.S9i "x4,'i' long. 



Any dimension manufacturers interested sliouhl write Hardwood 

 Record. — Editor. 



B 964 — Wants to Sell 1/16" Rotary Cut Red Veneer 



, Wis.. .Nov. 24. — Editor IlAiiowdiiii l/r.nnw. We would like 



to get in conniiunication with parties who can use 1/16" red oak rotar.v cut 

 veneer, cut in squares ranging from 14x14" to 23x23". We usually accu- 

 mulate this stock while cutting on larger sizes. — ^ 



Anyone in a position to use the stock can have the address by 

 writing Hardwood Record. — Editor. 



B 965 — Wants to Buy Oak Dimension for Interior Finish 



<'hicago. III., liec. 0. — Editor IlAuiiwixiO Ukcord : We purchase annually 

 twenty-five to thirty cars of %" and 1" dimension cut to sizes for interior 

 finish. Can yon supply us with the names of some manufacturers who get 

 out this stock? . 



A list of possible manufacturers has been given to these people, 

 but anyone not in receipt of the inquiry can have the name and 

 address by applying to Hardwood Record. — Editor. 



B 966 — Wants to Buy Spruce 



Memphis, Tenn., Dec. 4. — Editor Hardwoiid Kkcord : Will you kindl.v 

 give me the address of one or more concerns handling spruce? 



This is a little out of H.\rdwood Record'.? line, but the buyer 

 has been given a short list of spruce manufacturers. Others who 

 can ship to this territory and are interested, can have the name 

 of the inquirer by addressing Hardwood Record. — Editor. 

 B 967 — Wants to Buy Dimension Oak for Eastern Shipment 



New York, N. Y., Dec. 6. — Editor Hardwood Hecokd : Can you put us 

 in touch with manufacturers who can furnish the following? — 



Plain oak dimensions, 1 %xl%x:i9y2". 1x2x391/2", 1x3x12'/." — 14, 15, 

 IS". 1x4x15" and 18", about 10 cars each item: clear squares, 1x1x17". 

 l-'>4xl-YsxlSi/4", 2x2x181/2" — 5 cars: quartered white oak, 1x3x15", 1x4x15" 

 and 20", 1x5x18%". 221/," and 2414", 1x6x15"; quartered white oak, %" 

 stock, %x4", %x5". %x6", all 16". 18" and 20" long, ■■54x7" and 8x18" 

 and 20". 



.\s this stock is all for eastern territory, should figure on Virginia, West 

 Virginia, Tennessee, Kentucky and North Carolina mills as best located as 

 to freights. . 



Those interested will be given the correspondent 's address upon 

 application. — Editor. • 



Anybody interested in this special line of wood can have the name 

 «f the inquirer on application. Applewood is used in the manufac- 



More Than One Sawmill at San Francisco 

 Hardwood Record published a little item in the issue November 25, 



stating that there is only one sawmill in San Francisco and that was 



operated by the National Mill & Luralier Company. 



The Dieckmann Hardwood Company, San Francisco. Cal., corrects us 



in this statement with the following letter, which wo are only too glad 



to publish : 



In yoiiv issue of NoveniLter 25. page :'.5. you publish item to the effect 



that there is only one sawmill in San Francisco, and we take this means 



of correcting this misinformation. Our firm installeil a band and veneer 



mill in 1904 and rebuilt saaic after the fire of 1900. Mr. Pitcher's mill 

 has been installed only within the last couple of years. 



