December 10, 191.". 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



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The advance In price and the increasing demand for iumbor has added 

 new life to iogging operations in northern Wisconsin and the indications 

 are that the logging output will be much larger than anticipated earlier 

 in the season. Wages paid in the woods now range from $26 to .$30 per 

 month in some localities and from $2S to $3.") in other sections. 



The Wachsmuth Lumber Company of Bayfield, Wis., closed down its mill 

 for a few weeks recently after a successful eight months' run on a single 

 shift, w^hen 19,000,000 feet of lumber was cut. 



George Farnsworth, Chicago, president of the Oconto Company, whose 

 mill and timber interests are located at Oconto, Wis., on December 1 pur- 

 chased the interests of H. B. Leavitt, vice-president and general manager 

 of the company. Charles Good has succeeded Mr. Leavitt as manager. 



The Wisconsin Railroad Commission has granted a permit to the O. G. 

 Nelson Lumber Company and the city of Waupaca, Wis., for the construc- 

 tion of a power dam across the Waupaca river. 



The plant of the Robbins Flooring Company at Rhinelander, Wis., has 

 been placed in operation. 



That portion of the Girard Lumber Company's logging railroad which 

 runs from Girard Junction to Dunbar, connecting the Chicago, Jlilwaukee 

 v^ St. Paul road at Girard with the Soo at Dunbar, has been sold to a new 

 corporation, called the Dunbar & AVausaukee Railwa.v Company. 



Milwaukee officials of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul railroad hav.-? 

 announced early deliveries on 2.000,000 feet of fir and mixed hardwood 

 lumber which will be used for car decks at the West Milwaukee shops of 

 the road. The repair department at the plant is operating full capacity 

 and a total of 6,000 men is employed in all departments. 



The Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul, the Chicago & Northwestern, the 

 Omaha and the Soo railroad companies have filed a petition with the Wis- 

 consin Railroad Commission, asking for authority to increase freight rates 

 on practically all articles of transportation, except merchandise. Lumber, 

 logs, pulpwood, tan bark, slabs and other forest products are included in the 

 articles on "which an increase is asked. The filing of the petition follows 

 the request of the Fox River Valley Shippers' .Association and the La 

 Crosse Shippers' Association for an order requiring the railroad com- 

 panies to reduce their freight rates. 



Owen W. Owen, an olBcial of the Racine Stool Manufacturing Company 

 of Racine, Wis., against whom an involuntary petition in bankruptcy was 

 filed some time ago, has filed his schedule in the Milwaukee court. Lia- 

 bilities are placed at $74,205.19 and assets at $110,672.50. 



,ludge George W. Burnell of Oshkosh, Wis., after a long hearing in the 

 circuit court, ordered that the receivers for the Paine Lumber Company 

 may accept the bid of George E. Foster and associates for the company's 

 holdings in the property of the Langlade Land & Timber Company. The bid 

 is valued at $1,308,000 and includes $735,000 in cash, the taking over of 

 a mortgage of $530,000, $18,000 in taxes for 1915 and $25,000 worth of 

 stock. Attorney J. P. Frank, on behalf of large creditors, filed exceptions, 

 moving that a day for argument and a stay of proceedings be set. whicli 

 was done, December 7, having been designated. 



The Hardwood Market 



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The imminence of the new year has not as yet cut much figure in 

 • tbe Chicago trade, which "is going merrily along with increasing orders 

 and stiffening up in prices with about all of the consuming lines taking 

 a growing percentage of normal stock. One hardwood man characterizes 

 the present condition of business about as good as he has ever seen. 

 Of course tbe extreme optimists' statements can't be taken as descrip- 

 tive of the entire line of trade, although they give an indication of 

 what is to be establislied in the next few months as going business. It 

 is possible that the softwood production may be increased to a point 

 where there will be too much lumber, but it will take a great deal to 

 catch up to the growing demand. There have been so many mills down 

 which are starting up now that lots of lumber will be made, but at 

 the same time tremendous quantities are being used and exported and 

 this should more than balance up tbe increased production. In hard- 

 wood consuming plants there is growing diflSculty in getting certain 

 items and the call for all is continually good. There is really nothing 

 but optimism in all lumber circles in the lumber metropolis of the 

 country. 



=-< BUFFALO >.= 



A more generally uniform report of improvement is made at tbe hard- 

 wood yards than for some time. Almost all of them say they are get- 

 ting more business than they have had in months and the year will 

 end up with conditions in a great deal better shape than was the case 

 at the start. Some complaint is made that prices still shONV quite an 

 amount of unsettlement, but it is felt that this is natural, inasmuch as 

 stocks which have been slow for a long time are apt to be moved at a 

 rather low figure when a good opportunity presents itself to dispose of 

 them. But on the whole the situation is much improved over what it 

 was several months ago, and prices on many stocks are stronger. 



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I Swain -Roach Lumber Co. | 



Seymour, Indiana | 



Manufacturers of Indiana Hardwoods I 



TWO BAND MILLS 

 10 cars 4/4 No. 1 Conimon Plain Red Oak. 

 10 ears 4/4 No. 1 Conuiion Plain \\'hite Oak. 



3 care 4/4 No. 1 Common Quartered Sycamore. 



3 cars 4/4 No. 1 Conimon & Better Kim. 



We carry a well assorted stock of all Hardwoods. 



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1915 CUT NOW DRY 



4,000,000 Feet 



Wisconsin Hardwoods 



All grades 4/4 and thicker 

 BIRCH BASSWOOD MAPLE ELM 



A FEW SPECIALS 

 3 cars 1" No. 2 & Better Wis. Oak. 

 S cars 1" No. 2 & Better Ash. 

 5 cars 1" No. 2 * Better Soft Maple. 



G R .V D E 



SERVICE 

 Write 



PRICE 



J. H. O'MELIA LUMBER COMPANY 



Rhinelander, Wis. 



You Can See Logs Like These 

 on Our Yard Any Day 



STIMSON 



p. O. Box 1015 



VENEER AND LUMBER 

 COMPANY, INC. 



Memphis, Tenn. 



MANUFACTURERS 



Hardwood Lumber, Rotary Cut 

 Veneers, Rotary Cut Gum Faces, 

 Cross Banding and Cores. 



All Three of Us Will Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD 



