December 10, 1915 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



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BIRDS EYE VENEER COMPANY 



Escanaba, Michigan 



ottice maintainccl by tbo Jeffrey Manut'aetiii-iiif; ('ompany in aiiiJitioii to 

 its home ofBce, and it is represented in foreign countries. 



Lemon L. Smith, wholesale lumber dealer of .Johnstown. Pa., has leased 

 considerable property at Ivorydale, a suburb of Cincinnati, which he will 

 use as a wholesale storage lumber yard. He will operate in connection with 

 it a planing mill. 



The Powers Lumber Company of Cincinnati, Ohio, has been Incorporated 

 with a capital of .$10,000 to deal in lumber. The Incorporators are, J. N. 

 Powers, Edward Ehme, J. E. Devins, Katherine Powers and J. H. Dierlies. 



The Building Material Company of Steubenville has been incorporated 

 with a capital of $75,000 to deal in building materials. The incorporators 

 are, J. E. Brandon, W. J. Beglin, J. H. Batey, II. A. Sanders, L. S. Batey. 



The Cleveland Lumber Company of Cleveland, Ohio, has an authorized 

 capital of $25,000 to deal in lumber. The incorporators are, J. Franlj 

 Pease, Robert F. Bingham, Stanley L. Orr, Amos Burt Thompson and 

 Julius P. Preyer. 



R. W. Horton of the W. M. Ritter Lumber Company reports a better 

 demand for hardwoods. Buying is along more liberal lines. Retailers are 

 now inclined to Increase their stocks. Considerable buying is also being 

 done by factories, especially furniture and box concerns. Prices are on 

 the upturn and strength is shown in every locality. 



=-< CINCINNATI >- 



A new record for general building activities in Cincinnati probably will 

 be set before the close of the year, according to a statement recently 

 given out by the Building Commission. Up to November 1 the esti- 

 mated cost of improvements was shy approximately .fl. 261, 700 over the 

 biggest year on record, 1911, when the cost of new buildings erected 

 and improvements reached ?13,3S.3,000. There are enough big projects 

 on which work soon will start, or now awaiting permits to build, which 

 are confidently expected to carry the year's grand total considerably 

 over the 1911 mark. Thus tar, there has been a gain of fort.v-six per 

 cent over the building operations of last year. 



The National Implement Company was incorporated for .$10,000 to 

 engage in the manufacture of farming implements. H. Nan, T. D. Auble, 

 C. B. Inman, W. L. Carver and Oliver Lindberg were the incorporators. 



The recent demand of the Southern Hardwood Traffic Association, 

 the Tennessee Manufacturers' Association and other allied associations, 

 for a scientific readjustment of freight rates on lumber from southern 

 producing points to manufacturing centers in order to eliminate cer- 

 tain inequalities, meets with general approbation among the Cincinnati 

 hardwood dealers. Petitions to this effect were forwarded to the Fed- 

 eral Trade Commission and the Department of Commerce. The petitions 

 were the result of the announcement that carriers operating in the Mis- 

 sissippi valley would advance lumber rates soon after December 1. As yet 

 no news has been received here regarding the action taken. Application 

 for the suspension of the new tariffs pending an investigation has been 

 filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission. 



-< TOLEDO >- 



rapidly increasing. The year's contracts include extensive installations 

 of floors for office buildings, churches, schools, club rooms, etc. Grover 

 Kenworthy is the manager of the firm. 



W. H. Rinehart is no longer with the Toledo Bending Company, 

 which has been reorganized with B. C. Byers as treasurer and manager, 

 and F. D. Suydam as secretary. This concern reports a growing trade, 

 with a fine call for wagon rims. There is also some call for carriage 

 and auto rims. 



David Trotter, president of the Trotter Lumber Company and stock- 

 holder of the Booth Column Company, died suddenly Monday, November 

 22, while inspecting a dock at the Elliot-Wean Lumber Company. Mr. 

 Trotter had been in ill health for some time, but his death was unex- 

 pected and a shock to his friends. He was aged sixty years and left a 

 wife and brother. 



Toledo building permits have amounted to more than .$7,000,000 thus 

 far, this being nearly a million and a half dollars more th.Tn the 

 amount of permits for the same period of tl'me a year ago. 



==-< INDIANAPOLIS >= 



The Marion Handle Works, Marion, Ind., recently cut its working 

 day from ten to nine hours. The change was made voluntarily by the 

 company, as there had been no objections to working conditions. 



The Oxford Lumber Company of Oxford, Ind., has been incorporated 

 with an authorized capital of $15,000. The directors are Daniel A. 

 Messner, George H. Hart, Charles H. Dodson and James E. Garvin. 



W. B. Roberts, sixty years old, a well-known lumber dealer of 

 Rochester. Ind.. died suddenly last week following an attack of apoplexy. 

 He was in a woods four miles south of the city when he became ill and 

 died before a physician could arrive. 



E. C. -Vtkins & Co., saw manufacturers. In order to foster the teaching 

 in vocational education classes of the arts of woodworking, have pre- 

 sented to a local high school a valuable demonstration saw. 



J. J. Gardner, a well-know'n railroad man of this city, who has been 

 connected with the Frisco lines for many years, has resigned his position 

 and has gone to Cincinnati, where he expects to engage in the lumber 

 business. 



=^ EVANSVILLE y-- 



The Gotshall Manufacturing Company has been fortunate in finding 

 a small lot of splendid walnut timber which its mills are now turning 

 out xcady for shipment. Walnut is in very good demand on this market 

 and is commanding high prices when it can be secured, ranging in price 

 according to quality and thickness from $110 to $150. 



The Skinner Bending Company finds a better call from wagon and 

 carriage concerns. The automobile rims are still strong and the concern 

 is noting improvement all along the line. 



One of the rapidly growing concerns in Toledo is that of Kenworthy 

 Bros., which a short time ago opened up a small establishment and took 

 orders for hardwood floors. The trade grew until now this concern 

 occupies a splendid plant on Adams street and Is not only doing a 

 large local business in hardwood floors and choice parquetry, but their 

 trade now covers southern Michigan and northwestern Ohio, and is 



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The Evansville Veneer Company writes letters on veneer one one- 

 thousandth of an inch thick and glued on paper. The thinly-sliced 

 wood does not break in folding. George O. Worland, general manager, 

 reports trade still on the upward grade. The plant is being operated 

 on full time. 



The handle factory at Mt. 'Vernon, Ind., during the past few days 

 has been receiving some nice hickory timber from along the Wabash 

 river, having been towed by the towboat New Haven. 



Building operations in Evansville for the month of November showed 

 an increase of 450 per cent over the corresponding month of last year. 



A. M. Tucker, aged eighty years, for many years bead of the A. M. 

 Tucker Furniture Manufacturing Company at Brookville, Ind., died at 

 his home in Brookville a few days ago. He was well known to the 

 lumber manufacturers of that section. 



Daniel Wertz of Maley & Wertz has returned from a business trip 

 to the northern part of the state. He reports trade conditions improving 

 everywhere. 



Lewis Heffner, aged seventy years, head of the Heffner Lumber 

 & Coal Company at Elwood, Ind., died at his home in Elwood recently. 

 Mr. Heffner was one of the leading citizens of Elwood and had been 

 engaged in the lumber business for about fifty years. He also had 

 extensive Interests in many of the southern states. 



The Green river road sawmill of Maley & Wertz, which was closed 

 down a few weeks ago because of the scarcity of logs, has resumed 

 operations with a force of fifty men, and it is expected the plant will 

 run on steady time the rest of this month. The main mill of this firm 

 has been operated steadily most of the year. 



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